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Jim Hefferon | 31 Oct 2002 16:20
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CTAN installation: University of Wisconsin-Madison Slide Class File

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should make its way
to your favorite mirror in the next day or two.

Thanks for the upload,
Jim Hefferon
ftpmaint@...

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor.

Name of contribution: University of Wisconsin-Madison Slide Class File
Author's name: Eric Benedict
Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/uwmslide
Summary description: Produces slides with a simple Power Point like appearance.  Several different slide
enviroments are included.
License type: artistic

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A slide format which produces slides with a simple
Power Point like appearance.

Several useful features include:
- - uses standard titlepage to produce title slide
- - several slide environments including:
   - plain slide (page with a title)
   - double slide (two column page with slide title)
   - item slide (item list with title)
   - left item slide
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Jim Hefferon | 31 Oct 2002 16:07
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CTAN installation: University of Wisconsin-Madison Thesis Class File

A new package has been installed at tug.ctan.org and should soon make
its way to your favorite mirror.

Jim Hefferon
ftpmaint@...

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The following information was provided by our fellow contributor.

Name of contribution: University of Wisconsin-Madison Thesis Class File
Author's name: Eric Benedict
Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/withesis
Summary description: MS/PhD Thesis/Disseration format for UW-Madison.  
  Includes example thesis with numerous LaTeX examples and beginner's 
  introduction.  Class heavily commented for easy modification!
License type: artistic

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Yet another thesis style file.  The withesis.cls LaTeX class
file produces MS/PhD theses in a format for UW-Madison.  
The class and example manual are based on the Purdue
University style.

Several useful features include:
- - Draft mode with
  * diagonal draft screen for draft copy
  * optional margin box to locate margin violations
  * page source file listed on bottom of each page
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Robin Fairbairns | 31 Oct 2002 11:59
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removal of mpfnmark

the package macros/latex/contrib/other/mpfnmark seemed to offer
interesting functionality, but unfortunately had a bug that meant that
in many cases it simply didn't work.  the author has not responded to
suggestions that the bug be mended.  i therefore added a working
version of the functionality to the latest version of footmisc
(macros/latex/contrib/supported/footmisc), some time ago.

the ctan team has now decided that the mpfnmark package itself should
be removed; it will disappear from mirrors over the next few days.

users should switch to using footmisc, instead.

Robin Fairbairns

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Robin Fairbairns | 31 Oct 2002 11:08
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Re: upload of mimetex.zip to ftp.tex.ac.uk

John Forkosh writes:

>    + what you've uploaded
>         mimetex.zip
>    + which CTAN node you've uploaded to
>         ftp.tex.ac.uk
>    + where you want the files to go
>         support/mimetex   (README is the first file in the mimetex.zip
>                            archive, which you may want to keep a separate
>                            copy of alongside mimetex.zip)
>    + what licensing conditions you apply to your software
>         GNU GPL
>    + brief summary of what your upload is intended to do.
>         MimeTeX parses LaTeX math expressions, emitting either mime
>         xbitmaps or gif images of them, which can be used in html
>         documents in the form, e.g.,
>           <img src="../cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?f(x)=\int_{-\infty}^x~e^{-t^2}dt"
>            border=0 align=absmiddle>
>         allowing you to embed math directly in html, which reduces
>         the need for lots of external gif images and makes your html
>         documents more readable and easily maintained.
>              Similar non-MathML packages, like textogif and gladTeX,
>         require setup procedures that use TeX to help generate external
>         gif (or png) images of your equations, which are later included
>         in your html document as it's being rendered.  MimeTeX, as far
>         as I know, is the only such non-MathML package that has its
>         own built-in rendering engine, entirely independent of TeX,
>         and therefore requires no setup procedure or external images
>         whatsoever.  It renders realtime, on-the-fly images directly
>         from your LaTeX math embedded in html documents.
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Reinhard Zierke | 31 Oct 2002 08:31
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CTAN submission -- pdfcrop 1.1

----- Forwarded message from Heiko Oberdiek -----
I have uploaded `pdfcrop.tar.gz' in the /incoming directory
of ftp.dante.de.

Please create the directory
  CTAN:support/pdfcrop/
and unpack the files there (`README' and `pdfcrop.pl').

License: LPPL

>>From the README:
  PDFCROP takes a PDF file as input, calculates the BoundingBox
  for each page by the help of ghostscript and generates a output
  PDF file with removed margins.
----- End forwarded message -----

Thanks for the upload.  I installed the package as suggested in
CTAN:/tex-archive/support/pdfcrop/

Reinhard Zierke
for the CTAN team
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Reinhard Zierke | 30 Oct 2002 09:10
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CTAN upload notification: notes

----- Forwarded message from ctan-upload -----
A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20021030.001/.

The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: notes
Name and email: Duncan Webb
Suggested location on CTAN: /macros/latex/contrib/supported
Summary description: A package to highlight important sections of text with graphics
License type: Free

Announcement text:
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A style for highlighting notable sections of text in a document by putting
the text in a boxed frame and placing a small graphic in the margin. It has
been specifically designed to work with double sided pages, placing the
'icon' in the correct margin. A LyX style is also provided.
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----- End forwarded message -----

Thanks for the upload.  I installed the package as suggested in
CTAN:/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/supported/notes

Reinhard Zierke
for the CTAN team
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Rainer Schoepf | 29 Oct 2002 22:09

FoilTeX 2.1.4a fixed!


The first copy of FoilTeX 2.1.4 that was uploaded to CTAN recently was corrupted.
A new version has been uploaded and we hope that all the problems have been fixed.
My sincere apologies to all who downloaded the bad copy and had problems.

Regards,
Jim Hafner
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Rainer Schoepf | 29 Oct 2002 17:10

Re: new upload of FoilTeX 2.1.4a

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Jim Hafner wrote:

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****** ANNOUNCING the release of FoilTeX 2.1.4a for LaTeX2e *******
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I have recently uploaded the latest release of the FoilTeX system for
generating foils (transparencies, slides) using TeX.  You should find
it on your nearest CTAN in
    /nonfree/macros/latex/contrib/supported/foiltex

*******************  About the package ***************************

  Its features include simplicity of use, compatibility with LaTeX,
  large sans serif font as default, extra macros to start foils with
  bold headings and special mechanisms to control footer and header.

This new version (from 2.1.4 to 2.1.4a) mostly fixes an landscape
orientation problem with dvips and Ghostview.

     James (Jim) Hafner
     IBM Research Division
     Almaden Research Center, K56-B2
     650 Harry Road
     San Jose, CA 95120-6099
     email: hafner@...
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"The history of science rewrites itself each day.  We're living in days
of wonder, Simon says."   Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe
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Rainer Schoepf | 29 Oct 2002 17:01

Re: CTAN upload notification: ebezier

A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20021029.001/.

The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: ebezier
Name and email: Gerhard A. Bachmaier
Suggested location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/supported/ebezier
Summary description: Extended version 3 for ebezier
License type: Free

Announcement text:
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Ebezier supports plotting bezier curves in the picture environment. Highlights of the new version are
.) Implementing line thickness.
.) Different plot symbols.
.) Lbezier for equally thick lines in all directions.
.) Qbezier implementation to be used with new plot symbols
and some others (see Section Changes).

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Thanks for the update, I installed it.

For the CTAN Team
  Rainer Schöpf
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Reinhard Zierke | 28 Oct 2002 09:40
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CTAN upload notification: yfonts-t1

----- Forwarded message -----
A submission was uploaded to nova.dante.de:/ftp/incoming/upload-20021025.001/.

The following information was provided by our fellow contributor:

Name of contribution: yfonts-t1
Name and email: Torsten Bronger
Suggested location on CTAN: fonts/gothic/ps/
Summary description: Y. Haralambous' yfrak, yswab, and ygoth in Type1 font format
License type: Free

Announcement text:
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This bundle contains the broken typefaces yfrak, ysawb, and ygoth, originally created by Yannis
Haralambous, in Type-1 font format.  It also includes the files necessary for use with pdftex and dvips.
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Thanks for the submission.  I installed the Type 1 fonts in
CTAN:/tex-archive/fonts/ps-type1/yfonts/ plus a symbolic link from
CTAN:/tex-archive/fonts/fonts/gothic/ps/yfonts pointing to this directory

Reinhard Zierke
for the CTAN team
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